Catalytic asymmetricaza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction of methyl acrylate: Role of a bifunctional La(O- i Pr)3/linked-BINOL complex

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 11988-11992

  Yukawa, Takafumi ^a   Seelig, Bianca ^a,b   Xu, Yingjie ^a   Morimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Berkessel, Albrecht ^b   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL; BIFUNCTIONAL; CATALYTIC AMOUNTS; ENOLATES; INITIAL RATE; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; LEWIS ACID; LEWIS ACIDIC; METAL CATALYST; METHYL ACRYLATES; MORITA-BAYLIS-HILLMAN REACTION; NUCLEOPHILICITIES; ORGANOCATALYSTS; RARE EARTH METALS;

CATALYSTS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

1,4 DIAZABICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE; 2,2' DIHYDROXY 1,1' BINAPHTHYL; ACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BRONSTED BASE; DEUTERIUM; GADOLINIUM; IMINE; LANTHANIDE; LANTHANUM; LEWIS ACID; LIGAND; NUCLEOPHILE; SAMARIUM; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BINOL, NAPHTHOL; COORDINATION COMPOUND; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; AZA MORITA BAYLIS HILLMAN REACTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACRYLATES; CATALYSIS; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOLS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77956077305     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja103294a     Document Type: Article

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